Ducky

In 3 months I think it will drop, no? :P The reason I considered the 9800 is for the great price. Hrm..

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nathris

Same. But EVGA doesn't drop their prices. They sell everything at the initial MSRP.


The 8800GT will certainly be a huge improvement over the 7600GT, but I learned with the 3850 that its certainly worth it to pay even an extra $20. I'm selling it for $75 and very happy to get that much, after paying $220 total last December.

I don't see the 9800GTX+ dropping more than $10 in the next 3 months, although with ATI planning on releasing a new card to fill the gap between the 4670 and 4850 I can see the resale value of the 8800 dropping fast.

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Ducky

That is true.. Lots to consider. You said you are in the same sit, what are you doing?

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hypersauce

I have a 19" at 1280x1024 and my 4850 kills everything.

if you can afford $150 then definetly go for it. it will last longer than 8800gt

nathris

I'm getting my hands on the 9800GTX+ ASAP! Probably by Saturday. I've never really had a card that could be considered good before. Sure, the x850xt PE was the fastest card in the world at one point, but I didn't get mine until 2 years later. And sure at the time my 3850 was considered an enthusiast card, but it was still the 256mb version.

The 9800GTX+ has enough power to game at 1650x1080 easily and its high end enough to make sure it will last a long time. If I got the 8800GT I just don't think it would last long enough. This way I think I'll finally, after I get my e5200 (which is only $95 on NCIX right now!), be able to upgrade my monitor to a decent 22"!

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Ducky

I can afford it, no problem. I'd rather get something that will last me till my next big upgrade than something that wont run the top games in a year from now. Hence the decision.

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Ducky

Thanks for the input nathris, I'm kinda feeling the same way, and at these prices I'm not too concerned.

Still gotta see about the CPU for me though!

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Ducky

Arg, no 9800gtx+ to be found at any futureshop store or online. Seems the people of toronto aren't as dumb as I assumed.

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nathris

Are you saying that they are just out of stock, or that the website said it was in stock but they didn't have any?

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Ducky

Flat out of stock on the evga 9800gtx+ in all stores but ajax apparently - even the warehouse and online stoc were gone. They had a bfg 9800gtx+ but that was $250, so eff that. Also the BFG 8800gt was out of stock at $99. The EVGA 8800GT jumped from $120 to $216 as well. I'm just waiting on the stores to restock them, but they don't know when that will be.

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